Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
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1 Esdras 4:7

He is just one man! If he commands people to kill, they kill. If he commands them to spare, they spare.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
And yet he is but one man: if he command to kill, they kill; if he command to spare, they spare;
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
And yet he is but one man: if he command to kill, they kill; if he command to spare, they spare;
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
And yet he is but one man: if he command to kill, they kill; if he command to spare, they spare;
King James Version